B-mode ultrasound common carotid artery intima-media thickness and external diameter: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with carotid atherosclerosis in a large population sample

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Eigenbrodt, Marsha L ^a   Bursac, Zoran ^b   Tracy, Richard E ^c   Mehta, Jawahar L ^d   Rose, Kathryn M ^e   Couper, David J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUNICA MEDIA;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 41549150322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-6-10     Document Type: Article

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